Title:   THE REPRESENTATION OF YOUTH CRISES IN AFRICAN THEATRE

Abstract
Youth crises are not only hybrid-headed but also universal. It is the situation when young people undergo difficulties beyond their control culminating to lack of hope, anxiety, confusion and desperation. Youth crises ranges from youth unemployment or underemployment, inappropriate skill or lack of it, inaccessibility to financial assistant and total absence of governmental policies for their social and economic well-being. Youth are said to be the leaders of tomorrow. But unfortunately, this axiom is far from reality in this part of the clime because no solid foundation has been laid towards its realization. Successive governments in Nigeria had only paid lip service to issues/programs that ought to avert youth crises. This has led to youth crises in Nigeria. The aim of the study, therefore, is to interrogate this situation and how these crises are represented in the African theatre using the Theatre for Development approach.
Keywords: Theatre, social order, theatre for development, youth, crisis.

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Publication Date: 2023-04-06